flocks: 0555 4 Dark-rumped P. sitting 1 White-vented P. 1 Petrel sp. 0630 - 5 Dark-rumped P. chasing 1 White-vented P. 0912 8 Sooty Tern feeding 4 Dark-rumped P. 1 Shearwater/petrel 1400 50 ± 5 Sooty Tern 75 ± 5 Dark-rumped P. feeding 2 Kermadec P. 1 Fairy Tern 1 shearwater/petrel 1459 15 ± 5 Sooty Tern feeding 10 Petrel sp. 2 shear/petrel 0555 Petrel sp. same size & shape as Dark rumped P. brown above, light brown below, lighter about head. Underwings dark brown around edges & light brown in middle. Fles the Dark rump. Bad spotted, possibly molting. 0600 Petrel sp. all dark petrels, slightly smaller than wedge-tailed, typical petrel flight, underparts not clearly seen, but perhaps slight patches underneath. Sat once on water. 0630 Dark rumps chasing, put on aerial display to a chasing other round, right down, inches behind it. 0912 Petrel sp. "all dark" smaller than wedge-tailed, flies in flocks, high arcs, flapped seldom, wings stiff & stiff. Hunted thought it was petrels of some sort. 1330 White tailed Tropicbird seen as it crossed bow of SS Son 2¾ mile from ca. 1400; Shearwater - petrel; size of Bonin Is. P. but thinner, darker on back, more contrast, underwing white with black edges, undertail coverts white. Hudson's S.?